Winter Concert held at CWCMS

Carmi-White County Middle School held their annual Winter Concert at the gymnasium Wednesday, Dec. 13. Under the direction of Roger Thompson, students from sixth, seventh and eighth grades participated in art displays, choral performances and band.

Carmi-White County Middle School held their annual Winter Concert at the gymnasium Wednesday, Dec. 13. Under the direction of Roger Thompson, students from sixth, seventh and eighth grades participated in art displays, choral performances and band.

The CWCMS Jazz Band then took the stage to perform "Feliz Navidad" and "Frosty The Snowman." Several students provided solo performances during the presentations with Chance Hamblin performing a tenor sax solo and Abigail Garner and Madison Childers providing trumpet solos. Also, Eva Ochs performed a solo during "Feliz Navidad."

The full band then entered the stage for the final session of the concert. They performed "Carols of Joy," "Joyful and Triumphant," "Rock the Halls" and "Ding Dong Merrily on High." Thompson asked the audience to join in and sing along on the final song.

Thompson noted this was his last Winter Concert and he will have one more concert in May before leaving as band director at the middle school. He thanked the school staff and Principal Terry Gholson for their support of the program and also pointed out the displays of art that were scattered in the back of the gym under the direction of Art Teacher Kate Simmons.